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Posted September 18, 2013 07:10 pm

What's going on today?

Here's what's going on around Athens today, September 19:

EVENTS

Nature Ramblers: 8:30 a.m., State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave.; session will start with an inspirational reading by a nature writer followed by a walk with frequent stops to view plants, insects, butterflies, mushrooms and more; www.botgarden.uga.edu.

Iconography lecture: “Mural Painting and the Divine Gaze in Christian Art”: 7-8 p.m., St. Philothea Greek Orthodox Church, 3761 Mars Hill Road, Watkinsville; presented by Dr. Asen Kirin, University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art; part of St. Philothea’s first Byzantine icon painting open house and lecture series; free; www.stphlothea.ga.goarch.org.

Write Club Athens: 8 p.m., The World Famous, 351 N. Hull St.; a competitive philanthropic reading series with three bouts of two opposing writers on two opposing ideas that are 7 minutes apiece; the audience picks a winner and proceeds go to charities of the winners’ choosing; for more information or to sign up to participate, email hello@writeclubathens.com; $10; www.theworldfamousathens.com.

Anime Club for teens: 6-7:30 p.m., Oglethorpe County Library, 858 Athens Road, Lexington; watch the season two premiere of “The Legend of Korra!” and talk about it and its prequel “Avatar: The Last Airbender”; for ages 13-18; (706) 743-8817.

Alzheimer’s support group: 7 p.m., Winterville Retirement Center, 124 Avery St,, Winterville; caregivers are invited to meet other caregivers and hear from speakers; refreshments; free and open to the public; RSVP by calling, (706) 742-5106.

Full moon hike series: 7-8:30 p.m., State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave.; this fall each hike in the series will focus on a different subject such as the moon, constellations or nocturnal creatures; $5 per person; $15 per family; www.botgarden.uga.edu.

Perinatal loss or death support group: 7 p.m., Young Harris United Methodist Church, 973 Prince Ave.; for parents, grandparents and other adults grieving the loss of an infant; meets the third Thursday of each month; features a speaker on topics such as guilt, anger, fear, and returning to active living; meeting offer time for discussion and for participants to share their experiences and provide emotional support for each other; group is professionally facilitated by St. Mary’s Chaplain Michelle Holtmann with the support of staff from St. Mary’s Family Birth Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; free and open to the public; (706) 389-3426.

“Doubt: A Parable” presented by University Theatre: 8 tonight and Friday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Cellar Theatre, University of Georgia’s Fine Arts Theatre, 203 Fine Arts Building, UGA campus; a drama featuring Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, who becomes convinced that the popular young Father Flynn has had improper relations with one of the male students. The play’s compassionate portrayal of all perspectives elicits profound and conflicting feelings of empathy and doubt; $12-$16; tickets.perfcenter.uga.edu.